Trace-buckle.



Patontad Dec. 9. I902.

c. c. scuwAnEn.

TRACE BUCKLE.

{Application fllad In. '8. 1909-] (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN O. SOHWANER, OF WINTERSET, IOWA.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 715,613, datedDecember 9, 1902.

Application filed March 8 1902. Serial No- 97,324. (No model.)

1 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRIsTIANO. SCHWA- NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Winterset, in the county of Madison and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Trace-Buckle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My object is to facilitate connecting, adj usting, and disconnecting aharness-trace from a hams-tug.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 is a perspective View of thatpart or member of the buckle that is adapted to be fixed to a hame-tugand to serve as a loop for the front end of a trace when said end isconnected with the buckle frame and extended forward to overlie thefront portion of the hame-tug. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing thehame-tug and trace detachably connected by means of the two parts of thebuckle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View that shows where theleather trace is clamped and slightly bent or deflected from a straightline.

The numeral 10 designates a buckle-frame and member of common form thatmay be made with or without loops 11 at its front end and has a tongue12 projecting outward at the other end and loops 13 and 14 at its sidesin a common way.

The improved bail or member, that is adapted to be adj ustably anddetachably connected with the frame 10, consists of mating parallelsides 15, that are curved upward and rigidly connected at one endportion by a crossbar 16, and the curved ends and cross-bar speciallyadapted to serve as a loop to clasp the overlying end portion of a traceto a hametug, as required in practical use. Their other ends are rigidlyconnected by a crossbar 17, and at some distance from the crossbar 17 across-bar or screw 18 is fixed to the parallel sides 15, preferably inthe plane of their lower edges, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and therebyspecially adapted for fixing the end of a hame-tug thereto, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3.

When the rear end of my improved bail is extended through the frame 10,the cross-bar at the front end of the frame, that has the tongue 12,will slide back and forth on the parallel sides 15, as required, tofacilitate connecting, adjusting, fastening, unfastening, anddisconnecting the trace from the hametug. When the front end of a traceis fastened to a hame-tug by means of my buckle, the end portions of theparallel sides 15 and the cross-bar 17 will serve as a loop forclasping, binding, and fastening the end of the trace to the frame 10,and the bar 16 will inclose the end of the free end portion of thetrace, as required, to press it upon the rear end portion of thehame-tug, that is fixed to the cross-bar 18, and, in combination withfixed loops 19, aid in retaining the front end of the trace in position.

It is obvious the bail or member to which the hame-tug is fixed may varyin size and weight, as desired, and that the cross-piece 18 may be castintegral with the side bars 15 or connected therewith in any suitableway in such a manner that the rear end of a hametug can be fixedthereto.

Having thus described the construction and application of my invention,its practical operation and utility will be readily understood bypersons familiar with the art to which it pertains.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A member of a two-part buckle composed of two mating parallel sidescurved up ward at one end and rigidly connected at each end by across-bar and a cross-bar fixed to the lower edge portions of theparallel sides and a hame-tug fixed to the cross-bar at the lower edgesof the parallel sides at some dis-- tance from the end cross-bar, asshown and described for the purposes stated.

2. A two-part trace-buckle, consisting of-a frame or member having atongue at the center of one of its ends and a central cross-bar, a framecomposed of two parallel curved sides united at their ends bya cross-barand a crossbar at some distance from the ends of the parallel sides anda hame-tug fixed to the said cross-bar near one end of the frame, toconnect, adjust and disconnect the end of a trace in the manner setforth.

CHRISTIAN O. SCHWANER.

Witnesses:

R. H. COOPER, A. L. STOUT.

